The business was founded in 1859 by a Tailor, James Shaw Walker, in Fleetwood, Lancashire. The shop originally sold Mr. Walker's work to the local ladies and gentlemen, but soon expanded to stock a wider range of gentlemen's outfits. In 1889 his two sons joined the firm and the name was changed to J.S. Walker and Sons. The business continued to prosper and remained in the family through three generations; the last of the Walker line being Douglas and Arthur, who were great grand-children of the founder.

ln May 1964 Les Farquhar joined the firm. Les was born in Scotland and moved to Fleetwood as a boy in 1939. His father was a skipper fishing out of Fleetwood at the time. As neither Douglas nor Arthur had sons to follow them, the control and ownership of the business were gradually transferred to Les, who was joined in 1975, by his son Paul.

Walkers remains a family business today, with Les, Paul and a highly experienced staff of Michael, Norma, Tara, Cilla and Ken, who excel in providing quality garments and quality service to the people of Lancashire. Nowadays the latest technology has enable us to bring you old fashioned service and high standard products to everybody in the UK and beyond. Latest sales figures suggest that half our business is done through the Internet and half through the shop itself.

The success of menswear.co.uk has been built upon the success of the past and will continue to do so. In 1995 BT awarded the company first prize in its competition, run jointly with the Sunday Mail, for displaying a combination of traditional old-fashioned service, backed up with an array of modern telecommunications equipment. This exciting time was marked by coverage in National Papers, inclusion in BT Television Commercials and extensive coverage in BT magazines.

If you have any questions or suggestions please feel free to contact us and we will be delighted to help you.

Tel: (+44) 01253 874574
Fax:: (+44) 01253 773440
E-mail: customercare@menswear.co.uk